I am not Polish enough :-(

I saw.... when will we ever learn?

Hope you are well and the temperature is better out there

Krysia that is SO funny.

Oh and belated congratulations by the way

I am OK, thank you , the weather is finally warm:) I am glad to see you back, you always make me laugh.

Thanks Szarlotka.

the forum has missed your drawings K

I second that 110%. She has a real talent

i would say i am 75% Polish

10% Silesian

10% Kashubian

5% Jewish



my family were wealthy landowners who were forced from Lithuania to settle in central Poland and the Ukraine in the 18th century.

the legend is that they lost everything in a card game.

there are only 6 degrees of seperation, we all come from the same genetic code!

Miranda blurts out:
'so not 100% Polish either but 50 % Jewish. You are such a fake.'

- Why am I not 100 % Polish, according to you? Why would I be '50 % Jewish'? Explain.

re:' Your family was knighted - can you prove it???'

- I can if need be. We have some ancient papers, and also my ancestor is of a certain significance in Polish history.

re:
'Who do you indentify with if you are only 50% Polish(or maybe Ukrainian - he, he)'?

- Why would I be 'only 50 % Polish'? Explain. Why would I be Ukrainian, and what would be so funny about it? Elucidate, please.

Re:
'Are you sitting on a fence???' What has made you ask this question? Have I given any grounds? What grounds?

re:
'What a joke!!!!!!!!' What's so funny, and why?
:)
PS. By the way, to me a real Polish, English, etc. person is one who puts the good of his own country and people above the good of other countries and peoples. At present, the good of any European country and nation includes the good of Europe as a whole.

Do you put the good of Poland and Europe above the good of any other country and continent, miranda? ;)

PS. , to miranda. Forgot to ask: and why would I be 'a fake'? Please, explain.
:)

Apparently my ancestors owned England near enough until we backed the wrong side against Cromwell. Just goes to show that ancestors suck and make bad decisions.

Oh no, I am about 0% Polish.

Does this mean I should be exterminated?

P.S In the 21st century, nationality is an utterly retarded concept, it was only applicable from the 16th to 20th centures.

For pro-homo, "European" marxists.

forget the whole thing Puzzler. I am taking everything back. I am not equippped to agrue with you anymore. I don't want to, I am not willing to, I don't want to go into pointless disscussions with you. Peace.

Actually, because of globalization, people will start to look at it from a totally new perspective, and it will grow stronger with every year.

I agree.

That's absolutely true. Lots of people feel "eaten up" by the globalisation and decided to rediscover theirselves & their "roots" Just look at the rise in popularity of "nationalistic" parties in Europe in the last decade or so.

exterminater May 6, 07, 11:13

exterminated only from this conversation.
poles only ;)

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pole-girl? May 6, 07, 11:12 .

am I? aprox 40% polish, 15% ukrainian, and the other 45% is a mix of french, english, scottish and irish.

ps. does anyone know if the surname Bojko is polish or ukrainian?

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totally agree, but it's still neat to see how much "polish blood" people have

in an ideal world Poland would be closed to those of non polish descent

Witek, how do you find out info like this?

just curious, did u actually do your familys history?

my mother's side

1. mom's father. my grandfather's family were Silesian and moved from Silesia into Central Poland after the 3rd Silesian Uprising of 1921 . my great-grandfather and other family members took part in the 3rd Silesian uprising. Then they built an Iron Works Mill in Opoczno before WWII. However only my grandfather survived WWII , the rest of the family was shot by the Gestapo.

2. on her mother's side the family is Polish and comes from landowners and villagers around the Opoczno area.

my dad's side
1. his father's (my grandfather) family was Polish or Polonized landowners settling in Poland (Opoczno area) and the Kiev area of Ukraine after they were expelled from Lithuania in the 18th-19th Century.

2. His mother's side comes from Tczew area and are mostly Kashubian.

3. I also believe someone in my Dad's family was Jewish. (Great Grandmother?)

Thats awful.

Sorry Witek.



does it matter what town, which area that certain tribes would settle?
did they stay in same area ( general area)?

missmuffin even if you were 5% Polish,what matters most of all is the Connection and Love you feel for Polish People,Language,Culture and the Country :-)

I'm 50% Polish and 49,9% Germanic.

On my mother's side they're from Podlasie and Wolyn, the whole of my maternal grandfather's side consists of lesser nobility, and also some on my mat. grandmother's.

On my father's side I'm primarily Danish, but mixed with German and South Swedish blood.
The last part is because I'm descending from some European royal houses and higher nobility, but that's very far back in time, during the Middle Ages.

My maternal grandmother's family suffered all from the cruelty of the damn UPA in Wolyn. Some were bestially murdered, but my grandmother's parents and all of their children managed to get away, even though it was close sometimes.
I know at least about one story, that my greatgrandfather and his children ran and hided in the nearby woods, when the UPA came savaging their village.
But my greatgrandmother was struck by a condition of shock, so she just stood there in the kitchen and couldn't move.
Luckily the Ukrainians just passed and avoided going into my family's home, but it was damn close..

Ukrainians should stay out of my sight and I've very little, if anything, good to say about Ruthenians..


And yes, I have been doing genealogy for several years, so I am pretty much sure about the information I mentioned in the beginning.

I`m also a little Saxon/Slovak I couldn`t really say... Also about 1/4, 1/8. :-))

Ha so I am polish too, i bet i have some portions of polish blood because of polish invasion...

you will do for me kid, im only half. And as for idiots who claim to be 100% talk siht, the borders have shifted, invaisions have been frequent. Doubt there is a full blood in here, although they would all like to think so

You wish...

same here=)

I am a mutt!! But I am most proud of my polish decendants! MY BUSHIE!!!!!!!!!

Sorry for my poor English.
The first 40 years of my life I was sure that my grandfather was Polish by speaking Polish and belonging to Roman Catholic Church.
He was born in Penza - Volga region - Russia and didn't return from World War II.
Afrer my mother - his daughter - died I started looking for the past of their family in archives.
I managed to discover genealogy of three ancestors' famolies (grand-grandfather, his mother, and grand-grandmother) untill 17 century.
I was surprised to learn that they weren't Polish at all. They were Polish-speaking Catholic residents of Litwa (now territories of today Belarus and Lithania), not of the Crown as Polish people. The were polonized Russians or Lithanians. As for example the poet Adam Mickiewicz.
I think There are many people who think they have Polish origin but they are Lithanians (not ethnic Lithaniana but residents of ancient Litwa.

Doesn't really matter does it ? We're all Europeans now :) We all share some of the same genes, somewhere along the lines........even if it was a long time ago :)

My parents and grandparents were all Polish but I've only ever been there once. We're all mixed up and in the wrong countries.........or right ones depending on how you look at it.

:)